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Area forecast discussion 
National Weather Service Peachtree City Georgia 
150 PM EDT Tuesday Mar 16 2010 


Short term /tonight through Thursday night/... 
models consistent in digging the Texas system into the 
Gulf...however both GFS/European model (ecmwf) bring enough moisture over the County Warning Area to 
maintain probability of precipitation. Appears the southern part of the County Warning Area will see the 
best chance. It will be lacking in instability and therefore should 
not see any thunder. Another wave drops out of the Midwest and 
rotates around the 500 mb low over Georgia Wednesday night and this will 
stall any eastward progression until Thursday when the wave gets 
absorbed into the main 500 mb trough and then moves out over the 
Atlantic. High pressure and drier air aloft builds into the County Warning Area 
Thursday and Thursday night. 


Long term /Friday through Tuesday/... 
no changes planned to the long term. Both GFS/European model (ecmwf) build a short 
wave ridge into the eastern U.S. Friday into Saturday...then the 
next system moves out of the west and into the Southern Plains where 
it will deepen and move east. This will bring a cold front into the 
County Warning Area Sunday with showers and isolated thunderstorms ahead of the front. 
Northwest flow behind the front will bring drier conditions for 
Monday. 


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Preliminary point temps/pops... 
Athens 43 57 41 67 42 / 5 60 20 10 5 
Atlanta 44 56 43 64 45 / 5 60 20 10 5 
Blairsville 44 52 40 60 37 / 10 30 20 10 5 
Cartersville 44 55 41 64 38 / 5 50 20 10 5 
Columbus 46 56 42 66 45 / 5 70 30 10 10 
Gainesville 43 53 42 64 44 / 5 50 20 10 5 
Macon 44 56 40 67 40 / 0 70 30 10 10 
Rome 45 56 41 63 38 / 5 40 20 10 5 
Peachtree City 42 56 38 65 38 / 0 70 20 10 5 
Vidalia 47 57 43 66 45 / 5 70 30 10 5 


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Ffc watches/warnings/advisories... 
none. 
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